William lloyd gale



linnen STATES' Param @nuca YVILLIAM LLOYD GALE, OF MEMPHIS MISSOURI.

CLOTH ESDRlER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Qf Letters Patent No. 384.616, dated June 19i 1888. f

Application [iled September fl, 1837. Serial No. 248,970. (No model.)

ToaZZ whom it may concern: y

Beit known that I, W ILLIAM LLOYD Ganga citizen ofthe United States, residing at Memphis, in the county of Scotland and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Clothes Driers and Display- Backs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in clothes-driers and display-racks; and it con sists in certain novel features, hereinafter described and claimed.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a device which, when in operation, will be entirely out ofthe way of the user.

A further object is to so construct such a device that it will be at once cheap, simple, and efiicient.

These objects I attain by the use of the device shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of my improved device raised for use. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view showing it lowered into position to receive the clothes to be dried or the articles to be displayed. Fig. 3 is a detail plan view of the bottom of the lower casing or tube. Fig. 4 is a horizontal cross-section of the device.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates a. tube or cylinder secured at its up- -per end to the ceiling of the room in which it is intended to be used. The lower end of this tube is closed, and is provided with a pulley, a, forapurposehereinal'tcrsetforth. ThistubeA is also provided with four or more longitudinal grooves, a', which are arranged in pairs, the grooves of each pair being diametrically op` posite cach other. Fitted on and sliding upon the tube A is a second tube or cylinder, B. rIhis tube B is provided with the interior diametrically-opposite longitudinal ribs I), which lit in one of the pairs of grooves a,and thereby prevent the rotation of the outer cylinder on the inner one. The outer tube or cylinder is held up on the inner one, and caused to slide thereon by means of the cord G,which has one end secured to the bottom of the said outer tube, from which it passes up, to, and over the pulley a on the end of the inner tube. From the pulley a this operating-cord C passes down through the bottoni of the outer tube, and is provided at its end with a ring, c, for conveniencein operating. The bottom ofthe outer tube is provided with a central circular opening, D,

for the passage of the operating-cord, and extending froln and communicating with the said opening is a slot, d. At a proper distance from its end the cord C is provided with a knot, button, or other suitable stop,which will pass readily through the opening D, but will not pass through the slot d. By this arrangement I am enabled to readily support the outer cylinder and prevent its falling after having been raised, for the stop is provided on the operatingcord at such a point that it will pass through the circular opening just as the outer tube reaches its highest point. After the stop has passed below the opening D, the cord is made to enter the slot d, when, as will be readily seen, the weight of the outer tube will draw the cord taut, pulling the stop up against the bottom thereof, and thereby preventing its falling.

A collar or sleeve, E, having a circumferfential iiange, e, at its lower end, is itted loosely on the tube B and slides thereon, as will presently appear. In order to prevent the rotation of this collar, I provide it with the interior longitudinal ribs F, which engage longitudinal grooves f in the outer tube. It will be readily understood that these ribs and grooves may be formed at any desired point around the sleeve and tube; but in order to economize labor and material I prefer to form the grooves f in diametrical lines with the ribs b, as I can then form the tube of sheet metal, and by striking up the metal to form the rib I), I simultaneously form the groove j'. G G are cords which have one end secured to the upper edge of the sleeve and then pass over pulleys g g, carried by the tube B at its upper end, and down to the lower end of the inner tube, where they are secured in any suitable manner. These cords G- G are about equal in length to the tube A, so that when the tube B is raised by pulling on the cord C the sleeve E will be automatically raised to the upper end of the said tube B. A ring, H, having any desired number of radial sockets, I, fits loosely around the sleeve E and rests on the flange e of the same, The drier-arms J are se roo cured in the sockets I, and one of said arms is provided with a cord and hook, j, on which the ring c is caught, so as to hold the eord C out of the way when the device is raised.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided a cheap and simple device, and it is thought the manner of using the same will be readily understood. The tube B is lowered, the clothes to be dried are placed on the arms J, and the tube then raised to and secured in its highest position, as before described.

It will be observed that my device is intended to be suspended from the ceiling of the room, so that when it is in use the clothes will be where the greatest amount of heat is and will be rapidly dried.

My device can be readily employed as a display-rack in stores, and such use of it will necessitate no change therein and will involve no departure 'from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Let-ters Patent, is-

l. The combination ofthe stationary cylinder, the movable cylinder sliding thereon, the operating-cord having one end secured to the bottom of the movable cylinder, then passing up to and around a pulley on the lower end of the stationary eylinder,and then passing down through the bottom of the movable cylinder and having its free end provided with a ring, and the sleeve sliding on the movable cylinder and carrying the drier-arms, one of said drierarms being provided with a hook adapted to be engaged by the ring on the end of the operating-rope, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination ofthe stationary cylin` der A, having a pulley, a, on its lower end, the movable cylinder sliding on the stationary cylinder and provided in its bottom with the opening D and the slot d,extending therefrom, and the cord C, secured at one end to the bot tom of said movable cylinder, thence passing over the pulley @,and thence through the opening D, the said cord being provided with a stop which can pass through the opening D, but not through the slot cl, as and for the purpose specified.

3. rlhe combination ofthe stationary cylinder having the grooves a', the movable eylin der sliding thereon and having the rollers y at its upper end, the sleeve mounted on said movable cylinder and carrying the drierarms, the cord G, having its opposite ends secured, re speetively, to the said sleeve and the bottom of the stationary cylinder and its intermediate portion passing over the pulley g, and the operating-cord, arranged as set forth, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my t own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM LLOYD GALE.

Witnesses:

J. Y. MeCLIN'roeK, C. F. SANDERS. 

